We left quick through the WAYNTON PASSAGE, believing the fog was away, but in the middle of the passage, it return thicker than before; even with the radar we were not feeling to well with no visibility, 7k of current, partial vision to whale watching boats looking everywhere the animals without any fixed course and a big cruise ship at a pretty fast speed...
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| PORT HARDY, ok if yu dock, but not really a good place to ancho |
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| Nice gift for cruisers too ; this "kids fishing zone" in PORT HARDY |
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| Let's sail further south to PORT MAC NEIL |
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| Pick up of Jim in PORT MAC NEIL, with an easy fresh food refill... |
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| ...even if ALCYONE stay safely anchored in the fig, the other side of the bay... |
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| ...This fog is moving fast n very hard to understand where... |
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| n we are now in the middle of the BLACKFISH SOUND with more than 6k of current n this ghostly visibility ! |
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| A few minutes later:this whale, tracked by kayaks just offshore of SWANSON isld |
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| Finaly, the sun win, but the colder water around 10 degres of the main channel keep the fog longer than other places. |
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| This day active finish with this local dish in GREASE ISLAND anchorage |
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| Weak wind n short sailing time push us to return in the JOHNSTON STRAIT... |
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| ...and this time we have to fight in the fog against the strong current of the BLACKNEY PASSAGE |
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| ...not long later, ALCYONE enjoy a full speed run with the Code 0 under a perfect sunshine |
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| Game is to avoid bumping in the numerous debris driven by the spring tide |
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| Pretty chilly this NW wind, but very interesting to sail SEward the JOHNSTON STRAIT |
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| We anchored on the side of the strait in BEAR BIGHT, |
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| from Bear we saw only the final results of blackberry digestion, but from logging... |
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| This inside the new forest with so many debris everywhere... |
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| and dozens of rusting vehicules parked without anybody around... |